Manulife Financial Ownership | Who Owns Manulife Financial?

Manulife Financial Ownership Summary

Manulife Financial is owned by 47.85% institutional investors, 0.03% insiders, and 52.13% retail investors. Royal bank of canada is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.30% of MFC shares. Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Inv is the top mutual fund, with 1.45% of its assets in Manulife Financial shares.

MFC Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Manulife Financial	47.85%	0.03%	52.13%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	36.95%	15.48%	47.58%
Industry	Life Insurance Stocks	44.08%	11.88%	44.04%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Royal bank of canada	159.06M	9.30%	$4.95B
Vanguard group	76.71M	4.49%	$2.39B
Bank of montreal /can/	56.94M	3.33%	$1.77B
Td asset management	37.64M	2.20%	$1.17T
National bank of canada /fi/	28.20M	1.65%	$878.18M
Canerector	28.18M	1.65%	$65.00B
Mackenzie financial	27.82M	1.63%	$866.65M
1832 asset management	25.37M	1.48%	$790.24M
Norges bank	21.34M	1.20%	$654.75M
Toronto dominion bank	19.46M	1.14%	$606.13M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Canerector	28.18M	34.79%	$65.00B
Galibier capital management	635.32K	6.60%	$19.80M
Heathbridge capital management	467.55K	5.59%	$14.56M
Optimas capital	257.50K	5.07%	$8.02M
Promethos capital	506.64K	4.44%	$16.55M
Cardinal capital management	4.79M	4.32%	$149.40M
Value partners investments	1.52M	3.86%	$47.34M
Letko, brosseau & associates	6.21M	3.33%	$193.66M
Lincluden management	861.53K	2.97%	$26.68M
Scheer, rowlett & associates investment management	1.50M	2.79%	$46.87M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Canerector	28.18M	34.79%	27.56M
Norges bank	21.34M	0.09%	21.34M
Bank of montreal /can/	56.94M	0.68%	11.63M
Mackenzie financial	27.82M	1.05%	5.67M
Quadrature capital	4.23M	1.56%	4.20M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Fil	5.34M	0.13%	-11.81M
Sumitomo mitsui trust	-	-	-5.34M
Charles schwab investment management	-	-	-5.14M
Alberta investment management	-	-	-4.85M
Morgan stanley	10.25M	0.02%	-4.73M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	21.34M	0.09%	21.34M	$654.75M
Nearwater capital markets	1.90M	0.79%	1.90M	$59.21M
Zurich insurance group ltd/fi	801.55K	0.18%	801.55K	$24.95M
Jcic asset management	215.21K	2.10%	215.21K	$6.70M
Voleon capital management lp	166.65K	0.13%	166.65K	$5.19M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Mount yale investment advisors	-6.00
High note wealth	-6.00
Rise advisors	-30.00
Van hulzen asset management	-37.00
Cherry tree wealth management	-40.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2025	687	-7.04%	818,162,971	1.98%	47	2.21%	288	-15.79%	232	7.91%
Jun 30, 2025	742	1.23%	829,655,201	1.96%	48	2.16%	343	9.24%	216	-6.90%
Mar 31, 2025	16	-97.79%	4,859,726	-99.42%	-	0.01%	7	-97.57%	2	-99.20%
Dec 31, 2024	653	-5.22%	833,908,811	-1.07%	47	2.90%	265	-4.33%	222	0.45%
Sep 30, 2024	679	2.88%	842,761,562	-5.55%	40	2.22%	272	1.49%	217	1.40%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Inv	25.06M	1.45%	12.29K
RBC Canadian Dividend Fund A	17.32M	1.02%	-
Vanguard Developed Markets Index Admiral	15.77M	0.91%	177.65K
Vanguard Instl Ttl Intl Stk Mkt Idx TrII	12.95M	0.75%	3.27K
Scotia Canadian Dividend A	10.31M	0.61%	-186.00K
iShares S&P/TSX 60 ETF	9.07M	0.53%	-
Russell Investments Core Equity SMA	9.00M	0.53%	-
TD Dividend Growth - I	8.47M	0.49%	-
iShares Core S&P/TSX Capped Compost ETF	7.86M	0.46%	-
GMO Intl Op Value Composite	7.88M	0.46%	7.88M

MFC Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Manulife Financial?

Manulife Financial shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 47.85%, followed by 0.03% insiders and 52.12% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Manulife Financial's industry, Life Insurance Stocks , is 44.08%, which Manulife Financial exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Manulife Financial?

Manulife Financial’s largest shareholders are Royal bank of canada (159.06M shares, 9.30%), Vanguard group (76.71M shares, 4.49%), and Bank of montreal /can/ (56.94M shares, 3.33%). Together, they hold 17.12% of Manulife Financial’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Manulife Financial?

BlackRock is not among the top 10 institutional shareholders of Manulife Financial.

Who is Manulife Financial’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Canerector is Manulife Financial’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 34.79% of its assets in 28.18M Manulife Financial shares, valued at 65B$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Manulife Financial shares?

Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Manulife Financial shares, with 1.45% of its total shares outstanding invested in 25.06M Manulife Financial shares.

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